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VOLUME 4S - NUMBER 42
Sergeant Rowell Recalls First Days
In U. S. Air Force 20 Years Ago
Sept. 17, 1947, Matthew H.
Rowell Jr. raised his right
hand and swore allegiance to
his country, becoming a mem
ber of the United States Army
Air Corps. A few hours later
he boarded a C-54 transport
aircraft for a flight to Kelly
Field, Tex., and basic military
training.
What he did not know at the
time was that during his first
day of military training he
would no longer be a member
of the Army Air Corps but
the new United States Air
Force.
NEW TRAINING
“The first noticeable change
in the Army and Air Force
was in those first few days
when they did away with the
bivouac portion of our train
ing, but they still had plenty
of old Army infantry people
as our instructors,” said Ro
well, now a senior master at
Stewart AFB, N. Y.
When asked, “What were
things like in those early days
of the Air Force?” Rowell com
mented, “It was a new life
really, with a very strict
schedule, but I guess even to
day you’ll never find an air
man in basic that doesn’t have
a strict schedule.”
After graduation from basic
training, Airman Rowell went
to work as a supply specialist
and has worked in this field
until his present assignment,
as a supply inspector with the
First Air Force inspector gen
eral’s office.
During his 20 years of Air
Force Service, Rowell, said
that the most significant
change in air power has been
the introduction of jet aircraft
into the Air Force inventory.
“The early days of the Air
Force saw educational oppor
tunities develop quickly. I
think that the Air Force was
aware of the great importance
of a good education,” said
Rowell.
His first assignment was
with the Air Transport Com
mand. the forerunner of yes
terday’s Military Air Transport
Service (MATS) and today’s
Military Airlift Command
(MAC).
During the Korean Con
flict, Sergeant Rowell’s orig
inal three-year enlistment was
extended in order to meet the
Air Force’s commitment in
Korea. It was during this
period that he was promoted
to staff sergeant.
In 1952. serving with Stra
tegic Air Command’s 31st Stra
tegic Fighter Wing in Japan,
Sergeant Rowell’s unit made
aviation history when the wing
flew the F-84, the first single
engine jet aircraft, across the
Pacific Ocean. Because of this
achievement, the wing was one
of the first units to receive the
United States Outstanding
Unit Award.
MOST IMPORTANT
Looking back over his ca
reer, Sergeant Rowell com
mented, “The single most im
portant thing that I ever learn
ed from one of my supervisors
is something that holds
true even today, ... don’t speak
until you know what you’re
talking about.”
Army First Sergeant Clyde J. Waits (right, whose mother, Mrs.
Florence I. Langham, lives in Atlanta, was assigned to the U. S.
Army Garrison at Hunter Army Airfield, Ga., September 18.
Welcoming him into the unit is Second Lieutenant Rodney
Peterson, executive officer of the U. S. Army Garrison Head
quarters Detachment at the airfield.
Sgt. Waits is first sergeant at the garrison's Headquarters
Detachment at Hunter Army Airfield. He entered the Army in
January IMA and was last stationed at Long Binh, Vietnam.
His wife, Pearl, lives on Route J, Hortense.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
In 1951 a buddy introduced
Rowell to Miss Hazel McConell
of Wolf Point, Mont., whom
he would later marry. Today,
17 years later, the Rowells
have four children: Douglas,
16, Kenneth, 14; Scott, 8; and
Nancy, one month.
After Korea, Sergeant Ro
well had a 20-day break in
service but reenlisted because
he felt the Air Force was his
way of life. “I’d do it again if
I had it to do over.”
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cham
bless. 111, left Tuesday, Octo
ber 17, for Dover, Delaware,
where he will be stationed at
Dover AFB as a Navy embal
mer. He was formerly station
ed at NAS, Cecil Field, Fla.
The Rev. E. J. Dixon has
returned home following treat
ment at Memorial Hospital in
Way cross.
Mr. J. H. Highsmith remains
a patient at Memorial Hospital
in Waycross following a heart
attack suffered last Thursday
afternoon.
Mrs. John Gibson was a
patient in the Waycross hos
pital last week.
Mrs. Lizzie Lynes continues
as a patient in the Waycross
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Travis
who have been visiting Mr.
and Mrs. C. S. Kizer and oth
er relatives in Nahunta, Bruns
wick and Athens, Ga. left
Wednesday to return to their
home in Cleveland, Ohio.
James Harris, president of
Brantley County F. F. A. and
Jimmy Dubberly, F. F. A.
advisor, took the chapter bull
to Macon Saturday where he
was entered in the State Fair.
The bull will be shown Fri
day by Keith Thomas, keeper
of the bull.
Seaman Recruit Joseph E.
Harrell, USN. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Harrell of Rte. 1,
Waynesville, has been graduat
ed from nine weeks of Navy
basic training at the Naval
Training Center at San Diego,
Calif.
CARD OF THANKS
TO THE CITIZENS
OF NAHUNTA
Thanks to the voters for e
lecting me as your mayor. This
is in important office of public
trust and will be treated as
such during my tenure.
I appreciate every vote I
got and I, here and now, in
vite those voting for and a
gainst me to feel free to call
on me to discuss their prob
lems pertaining to city busi
ness, or offer any suggestions
that will promote progress for
the city and citizens thereof.
We need counsel and advice
from any citizen with ideas
and solutions that will make
our city and county a better
place in which to live.
Sincerely,
T. E. Raulerson.
New Use for Bosun's Gun
W. R. Houston, a Georgia Power Com
pany line construction foreman, uses
a Navy bosun’s gun to fire a nylon
cord across a Lake Sinclair cove. Used
by the Navy to string lifelines between
ships, the bosun’s gun helps the utility’s
linemen get heavy transmission lines
FALL MULCHING
Mulching of shrubs will help
conserve moisture according
to Gerald E. Smith, Extension
Service horticulturist at the
University of Georgia. Pine
straw is one of the better mul
ches. Other mulching mater
ials include: grass clippings,
decaying leaves, straw, cotton
gin debris, peanut hulls, saw
dust, wood shavings, wood
chips and pine bark.
FREEZER BURN
How can you prevent freez
er burn on beef —a condition
that changes the color, texture,
flavor and nutritive value of
the meat? Wrap the product
in moisture-vapor-proof freez
er paper, according to Miss
Nellie Thrash, Extension Ser
vice home economist - food
preservation at the University
of Georgia.
BETTER CROPS
Georgia’s farm crops are
better fertilizer this year than
ever before in history, accord
ing to P. J. Bergeaux, agron
omist with the University of
Georgia Cooperative Extension
Service. Recent figures show
that Georgia farmers used al
most 1,900,000 tons of commer
cial fertilizer during the 1966-
67 fiscal year.
DOVE TIP
If you are participating in
the current dove hunting sea
son, Dave Almand, Cooperative
Extension Service wildlife
specialist, suggest that you
look for the doves in fields
where there is plenty of choice
dove food and a field that is
relatively clean-cut. Doves just
don’t like to feed in fields with
tall, dense growth.
CROP YIELDS
Most of the state’s crop
yields are expected to equal or
exceed previous records, ac
cording to Extension Service
specialists at the University of
Georgia. The latest report
from the Georgia Crop Report
ing Service shows that cotton
and grains are the only crops
expected to have a per acre
yield less than last year.
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The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Oct. 19, 1967
across ravines, rivers, deep gorges and
swamps. The gun can fire its 140-
pound-test line a distance of about 550
feet. The nylon line then is connected
to a^-inch rope already tied to the
transmission lines, and all are pulled
across any obstacle by a tractor winch.
James Harris and his Grand Champion boar that won first
prize at the Brunswick Fair.
Slash Pine
T© Meet
The third annual meeting of
Southeast Georgia’s multi
county resources development
organization will be held in
Fitzgerald Friday, October 20.
Several hundred area citizens
are expected for Slash Pine
Area Planning and Develop
ment Commission’s “report to
the people” event.
The program which begins
with registration at 9:30 A. M.
at the National Guard Armory,
is a report on past achieve
ments, activities underway,
and a look into the future for
the nine cooperating counties.
W. S. (Bill) Stuckey, Jr.,
congressman from the Eighth
District, will be the principal
speaker. The freshman mem
ber of the House of Represen
tatives is expected to point up
the need for continued county
cooperation and coordination
in bringing further economic
progress to the area.
Stuckey has been active in
the organization of an Eighth
District Development Council
which now has headquarters
in Douglas. He is a member of
the Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee and a
member of the Finance and
Commerce subcommittee of
the House.
The 32-year old Eastman
native will be introduced by
Jimmy Stewart, president of
the Waycross-Ware County
Chamber of Commerce. His
address will follow a civic par
ticipation in development talk
by E. D. Brooks, former Doug
las mayor and chairman of
the council.
Commission Chairman Pete
Gibson of Nahunta, who will
serve as master of ceremonies,
will discuss Slash Pine’s ex
panding services. Max W. Har
rel. executive director, will
review Slash Pine’s 1966-67
accomplishments.
The program, which will be
followed bv a chicken barbe
cue luncheon to which the
Commission
Fitzgerald
public is also invited, gets
underway at 10:30 A. M. with
the invocation by the Rev.
Carlton Anderson, pastor of
Fitzgerald’s Central Methodist
Church. Clifton McDuffie, ex
ecutive secretary of the Fitz
gerald Chamber of Commerce,
will extend the welcome.
The luncheon, courtesy of the
City of Fitzgerald and Ben
Hill County Commission, will
conclude the meeting.
Displays and exhibits from
the various counties, Slash
Pine and its sponsored pro
jects, and industries will be
featured at the meeting.
Organized by the counties of
Atkinson, Bacon. Ben Hill,
Brantley. Charlton, Clinch.
Coffee, Pierce and Ware in
1963, a full-time staff was ac
auired in July 1964 at its
Waycross headquarters. The
first annual meeting was held
in Douglas and last year’s in
Waycross.
Births
Candace is the name of the
new baby girl born on Oct. 14
to Mr. and rs. Robert Kizer
Harrell of Athens, Ga.
FALL COLORS
What causes leaves to change
their color in the fall? Dor
sey Dyer, head of the Exten
sion Service forestry depart
ment at the University of
Georgia says the change in the
coloring is a result of chem
ical processes which take place
in the tree during its prepa
ration for winter.
“Learning by doing” — this
is the 4-H way. In 4-H you can
learn to repair a car by repair
ing it, make a dress by sewing
it and train a dog by training
it, according to Dr. T. L. Wal
ton, state 4-H Club leader at
the University of Georgia.
Melvin DePratter
Funeral Service
Held Sunday
Mr. Melvin R. DePratter, 66
quietly passed away Friday
morning, October 13, at Me
morial Hospital in Waycross
following an extended illness
and though his death was not
unexpected due to the sever
ity of his condition, news of his
death brought widespread sor
row to relatives and friends
throughout this and other
areas.
A lifelong resident of this
section, Mr. DePratter was
bom in Wayne, now Brantley
County, and was the son of
the late Robert and Annie
Hickox DePratter. He received
his education in the local
school system. From early
manhood until his death, he
had been engaged in the retail
grocery business. For a num
ber of years, he operated a
rolling store but more recently
operated a grocery store in
the Hickox community.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Blanche Dixon DePrat
ter of Nahunta; one son, Revis
L. DePratter of Way cross;
three sisters, Mrs. J. B. Smith
of St. Simons Island, Mrs. J.
O. Strickland and Mrs. W. O.
Strickland, both of Nahunta;
one brother, Lonnie DePrat
ter of Brunswick.
Three grandchildren, several
nieces, nephews and other rel
atives also survive.
Funeral services were held
at three o’clock Sunday
afternoon, October 15, from
the Nahunta Baptist Church
with the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas,
assisted bv the Rev. L. C.
Allen, officiating.
The body lay in state in the
Church for one hour prior to
services.
Interment followed in the
family plot in the Hickox
Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers, all
nephews, were the Messrs
Harry Smith. Herbert Smith,
Alton DePratter. Claude A.
Smith, Harrv Depratter and
W R. Strickland.
The many beautiful floral
tributes attested to the esteem
felt for the deceased.
The family has the sympa
thy of their many friends in
their bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral
Home of Nahunta was in
charge of arrangements.
LEGAL NOTICE
Georgia, Brantley County
IN RE:
Petition of JOSEPH FOST
ER SAPP: to adopt CAROL
ANN MOORE and BONNIE
RENEE MOORE.
In the Superior Court of
Brantley County, Georgia.
TO JOHN HENRY MOORE:
You are hereby notified that
Joseph Foster Sapp has filed
a petition in the above named
court to adopt Carol Ann
Moore and Bonnie Renee
Moore. Objections to said a
doption must be filed in said
court on or before the 19 day
of January, 1968, the date set
by the court for final hearing
in said matter.
Witness the Honorable Ben
Hodges, Judge of said court,
this 17th day of October, 1967.
Perry U. Rozier.
Acting Clerk of said
Court.
Griffin and Houston
302 Main Street
Blackshear. Georgia
Attorneys for Petitioner 11-9
Brantley Beta Club
Elected Officers
The Brantley County Beta
Club met Monday, October
16, at Brantley County High
School.
Plans for introducing new
members, initiation, and
money-making projects were
discussed. Plans for an eighth
district Beta Club convention
were also brought up during
the meeting.
The officers for the 67-68
school term are: president,
Minette Sutotn; vice president,
Virginia Allen; secretary, Mar
garet Jones; treasurer, Gary
Velie; reporter, Tommy High
smith; parliamentarian, Ron
ald Jacobs.
This years Beta Club spon
sor is Mrs. Nell Easterling.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Brantley Future Farmers
Win Big Prizes at Fair
Brantley Girls
Attend College
On Scholarships
Twelve girls from Brantley
County are attending Georgia
College at Milledgeville on
Mumford Scholarships, ac
cording to a news release from
the college.
They are Carolyn Batten,
La wanna Carter, Patsy Car
ter, Venita Crawford, Barbara
Dryden, Lena Johns, Carolyn
Larkins, Laverne Middleton,
Glenda Roberson, Josephin
Wainright, Leea Walker and
Ruby Lilliam Wilson.
Mumford Scholarships are
available to Brantley County
girls who make good grades
in high school and meet other
requirements of the endow
ment regulations.
The scholarships pay all ex
penses for four years of col
lege.
CARD OF THANKS
TO THE CITIZENS
OF NAHUNTA
I would like to take this
means to say thank you for
your vote and support by e
lecting me to be one of your
aidermen. I will strive to work
for the betterment of our city.
Let us all join together and
work together to get some ac
complishments done for our
City.
Thank you,
Kenneth (Bozo)
Willis.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our
thanks to all our friends and
relatives for their great kind
ness to us in our recent be
reavement. We are deeply
grateful for the many expres
sions of sympathy, the floral
tributes and the covered dish
es.
We will always remember
your aid and kindness and
pray the Lord’s blessings upon
you. Thank you again.
The family of
Mr. G. W. Baker.
Herman Talmadge
. REPORTS FROM THE.UNITED STATES SENATE :
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AS A MEMBER of the Senate Finance Committee, I filed
a minority report which expressed strong opposition to the. fed
eral election campaign bill, which has been referred to as The
Great Treasury Raid of 1967.”
This legislation would have the taxpayers paying for the
cost of political campaigns in federal elections. Or to put it
another way, it would compel the already hard-pressed American
taxpayer to put his money in the political pot.
As I pointed out in my report, it is unthinkable to dip into
the public Treasury at a potential cost of SIOO million or more
to pay for the cost of politicians getting elected or defeated.
THE PROPOSITION would be hard to swallow at any
time. But considering the present state of the American economy,
the idea of government subsidies to politicians is preposterous.
We are presently engaged in a $2-billion-a-month war in
Viet Nam. Because of this and the consistent failure of the
Congress and the Administration to cut nonessential spending,
we face a federal deficit of almost S3O billion. And because of
this, the President has called for a 10 per cent surtax, thereby
putting an even greater burden on the taxpayers.
I cannot subscribe to any proposal to turn the keys of the
Treasury over to any politician of any party. Nor can I see how
any member of Congress in good conscience could senously con
sider taking the taxpayer’s money to help him run a campaign
and perpetuate himself in office.
THIS BILL PURPORTS to prevent the comingling of pub
lic and private funds in elections campaigns and thereby offset
the necessity of seeking funds from special interest groups.
Os course, it does no such thing. It only applies to expenses
incurred 60 days prior to general election day and 30 days there
after. In other words, it only applies to 90 days out of a poli
tician’s term of office and, of course, the rest of the time he
would be free to do virtually as he pleased.
This is just one of the major shortcomings of the bill. There
are many, the most outstanding of which is that it would tell
tbe taxpayer* they have to pay politicians for their election cam
paigns, and at the same time pay more taxes and provide funds
for a S7O billion-plus defense budget
flfct prepared or printed at government expenae)
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
AND TAX
Inside county $3.09
Outside county, in state $4-12
Outside state $4.00
Twnety-six Brantley Coun
ty FFA members are partici
pating this week in the Bruns
wick Fair.
Several hundred dollars in
cash prizes were awarded in
the livestock division and the
Brantley County FFA boys
brought home $266 as their
share.
The FFA boys showed 34
head of hogs in Hampshire,
Yorkshire, Duroc, and Berk
shire breeds. The grand cham
pion over all breeds was a
Duroc Boar owned by James
Harris and the reserve cham
pion was a Hampshire Gilt
owned by Gary Hickox.
First place winners receiv
ing slo and a blue ribbon
were, James Harris, Bick
nell Manor, Jimbo Jones, How
ard Flowers, Gary Hickox,
John Jacobs, Harold Lee, and
Steve Altman.
Second place winners receiv
ing red ribbons and $8 were,
James Harris, Dalton Brand,
Jerry Crews, Jerrell Herin,
Eddie Walker, Reggie O’Berry,
James Crews, Johnny Thomas,
Frank Willis, Dennis Hickox,
and Terry Crews.
Third place winners receiv
ing $6 and a white ribbon were,
Eddie Walker, Stacey Crews,
James Crews, Jerry Davison.
The following boys received
$5 for creditable showing,
George Harper, Terry Moody,
Ronald Hickox, Larry Altman,
Willie Alt.man, Robert Pitt
man and David Riggins.
The Fair will continue on
through Saturday night and
the boys would like for the
people to go through the hog
barn and see some of Brant
ley County’s good livestock.
Bicknell Manor
FFA Reporter
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to to express our
heartfelt gratitude to all our
relatives, friends and neigh
bors for their sympathy to us
during our recent bereave
ment. For the floral tributes
and covered dishes we are
very grateful.
The family of
J. C. Strickland
